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42 Cards in this Set
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colp/o |
vagina |
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episi/o |
vulva |
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gynec/o |
woman, female |
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hyster/o |
uterus |
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metr/o |
uterus |
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nat/o |
birth |
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o/o |
egg |
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salping/o |
uterine/fallopian tubes |
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-arche |
beginning |
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-cyesis |
state of pregnancy |
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-gravida |
pregnancy |
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-para |
to bear |
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-partum |
childbirth |
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-salpinx |
uterine/fallopian tube |
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-tocia |
labor, childbirth |
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thin fluid first secreted by breast after delivery, rich in antibodies |
colostrum |
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twins that develop from two different ova fertilized by two different sperm |
fraternal twins; don't have identical DNA |
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twins that develop from splitting one fertilized ovum |
identical twins; identical DNA |
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lactorrhea |
discharge of milk from breast |
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meconium |
first BM of newborn; greenish black in color and consists of mucus and bile |
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multigravida |
a woman who has been pregnant two or more times |
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multipara |
a woman who has given birth to a live infant two or more times |
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neonate |
term for a newborn baby |
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dystocia |
difficult labor and childbirth |
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hematosalpinx |
presence of blood in the uterine tube |
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dystocia |
difficult labor and childbirth |
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menorrhagia vs metrorrhagia |
menorrhagia-condition of having abnormally heavy menstrual flow during NORMAL menstruation time metrorrhagia-term used to describe uterine bleeding between menstrual periods |
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metrorrhea |
having a discharge (such as mucus or pus) from the uterus that isn't menstrual flow |
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endometrial cancer |
cancer in the endometrial lining of the uterus |
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menometrorrhagia |
excessive bleeding during the menstrual period and at intervals between menstrual periods |
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prolapsed uterus |
fallen uterus that can cause cervix to protrude through the vaginal opening -generally caused by weakened muscles from vaginal delivery or as the result of pelvic tumors pressing down |
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candidiasis |
yeast infection of the skin and mucous membranes that can result in white plaques on tongue and vagina |
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cystocele |
hernia of bladder that produces into vagina |
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rectocele |
hernia of rectum into vagina |
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TSS |
toxic shock syndrome - rare and sometimes fatal staphylococcus infection that generally occurs in menstruating women. -initial infection of the vagina is associated with prolonged wearing of a super absorbent tampon |
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PID |
pelvic inflammatory disease - chronic or acute infection, usually bacterial, that has ascended through the female reproductive organs and out into the pelvic cavity |
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endometriosis |
endometrial tissue in pelvic cavity and abdominal wall |
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abruptio placentae |
emergency condition in which the placenta tears away from the uterine wall prior to delivery of the infant. requires immediate delivery of the baby |
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eclampsia |
further worsening of preeclampsia symptoms with the addition of seizures and coma; may occur between the 20th week of pregnancy and up to 6 weeks postpartum |
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HDN |
hemolytic disease of the newborn - condition when the mother's blood type Rh - and baby's blood Rh + , mother's antibodies enter fetus's bloodstream and destroy fetal RBCs, causing anemia, jaundice and enlargement of spleen |
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placenta previa |
a placenta that is implanted in the lower portion of the uterus and blocks the birth canal |
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preeclampsia |
metabolic disease of pregnancy; symptoms include hypertension, headaches, albumin in the urine, and edema; occurs between 20th week of pregnancy and up to 6 weeks postpartum -also called pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) or toxemia |
